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From: Peter Freddolino (petefred_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2006 - 13:19:24 CST

Hi Matt,
two notes:
-which version of vmd are you using? I'm somewhat puzzled by these error
messages...
-If you want to build a membrane, you'll have more luck making it with
the membrane builder plugin, and then deleting atoms from that as
necessary. I may misunderstand though -- do you mean you want a membrane
made of PETE? If that's the case, you probably want to build a single
chain using molefacture and then tile it through space to get the membrane.
Peter

wolfinbm_at_uci.edu wrote:
> Hello
> I am an undergraduate student working on a research project with Dr.
> Thorsten Ritz at the University of California, Irvine. I am trying to
> build a simulated membrane with a conical pore using PET (polyethylene
> terephthalate) in the VMD program, using the Molefacture plugin. However,
> I get error messages when I try to build anything using the Molefacture
> menu functions (something like "wrong # of arguments"). Do you have any
> advice for me on how to get Molefacture to work properly, or on a more
> effective program to build the membrane (or on someone to contact to
> obtain this information?)
>
> Thank You,
> Matt Wolfinbarger
> 4th year Physics major w/ biomedical concentration
> UC Irvine
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